[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 8/17/02 7:16:30 AM

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The following weather message is provided by McDonough County E.S.D.A.


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IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-076-077-087-098-MOZ009-171400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
720 AM CDT SAT AUG 17 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 619 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN IOWA...
BENTON           BUCHANAN              CEDAR             CLINTON
DELAWARE         DUBUQUE               IOWA              JACKSON
JEFFERSON        JOHNSON               JONES             KEOKUK
LINN             WASHINGTON            VAN BUREN

IN MISSOURI...
SCOTLAND

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OF THE
WATCH AREA.

LATER TODAY...THE COLD FRONT THAT INITIALLY SPAWNED THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT.  THE GREATEST THREAT IS FOR LOCATIONS
EAST OF A MEMPHIS...MISSOURI...TO STERLING...ILLINOIS LINE.  THE
PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS.  STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES
REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORM REDEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.

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LRE

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